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[SOLVED][PUZZLE TRAIL] More with v1.htm

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Ursos
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Joined: 26 Apr 2005
Posts: 276
Location: Columbus, OH

[SOLVED][PUZZLE TRAIL] More with v1.htm

Okay gang, here is a quick breakdown of the "MY PAPERS!" e-mail from Layla. First, the e-mail:

Quote:

Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 14:13:43 -0400
From: "Layla Hardesty" <laylasweetieSPLATgmail.com>
Subject: MY PAPERS!

Where have I left them?

I can't find my papers!

I can't find my papers!

I can't find my papers!

Where have I left them?

I can't find my papers!

I can't find my papers!

Where have I left them?

Where have I left them?

Where have I left them?

I can't find my papers!

I can't find my papers!

Where have I left them?

Where have I left them?

Where have I left them?

I can't find my papers!

MY PAPERS!!

Solutions for the e-mail:

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The content of the e-mail is actually binary. Replace "Where have I left them?" with 0 and "I can't find my papers!"

with 1. This gives you 0111011000110001 which decodes to v1. Does sound like much, but it'll take you to:

http://www.freewebs.com/morganparanormal/v1.htm

Solutions for that last bit:

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The text in the source code is a Vignere cipher that, using the code "MYPAPERS" (from the e-mail), decodes to:

one day raven saw a young girl sitting by a deep pool, gazing at her reflection. he noticed immediately how beautiful

she was, and took a human skin. raven charmed the girl with his wiles and she lay with him, not knowing it was the crafty

raven with whom she had taken up. not knowing, that is, until afterward, when he flew away.

the girl grew pregnant, and was frightened by what child to expect from raven. but there was no child at all, what the girl

bore into the world was a bundle of sticks and twigs that cut her terribly, and a small egg, which was quickly snatched from

her arms by its father raven.

now, when the egg hatched raven found that it was a strange creature indeed, one who had either the shape of a tall, strong

man, who could neither eat nor laugh, nor feel, or the shape like that of raven, but without his powers.

raven realized what a dilemma this was; his son was only half a son! but raven was crafty and he had an answer. "son," he

said, "you sit here on this spot until a man comes, who is has been rent in half. and you speak to that half a man, and

convince him to be your other half, and then you will be whole."

and raven's son, taking the shape of a tall man, was obedient to his father's word. he sat down at there very spot, and

troubled all who pass to find him half a man. but alas! no man can live after he has been rent in half. and so the tall man

will sit there until the lat moon rises, occasionally tearing a man in half, just in case

Since that last part was solved, there's a NEW bit of information revealed to us. The following was added to that page

after we'd solved it. Here's the new part (added at the very end):

Quote:

555 5555 555 555 5555 5555 5555 5555 555 5555 555 555 5555 555 5555 555 555 555 5555 555 555 5555 5555 5555 555 5555

555 555

And what it means...

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Translate the 555 and 5555 binary (555=0 and 5555=1). You get 0100111101001010001001110100.

Translate that to 0=. and 1=- for Morse Code, getting .-..----.-..-.-...-..---.-.. (no period there, so it does end in

.-..) And THAT gets split up into:

.-.. --- -.-. .- .-.. .-.. --- .-. .
L O C A L L O R E

http://www.freewebs.com/morganparanormal/locallore.htm

Basically, we didn't catch the significance of "local lore" being in quotes on the v1.htm site...

Onto the next part...

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After checking out http://www.freewebs.com/morganparanormal/locallore.htm, you can see that the image is

labelled "inferno.jpg" which leads to http://www.freewebs.com/morganparanormal/dante.htm. That's where we are

now, at a picture of Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden. Whew!

Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 9:19 pm

Ursos
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Joined: 26 Apr 2005
Posts: 276
Location: Columbus, OH

New quote on the last page mentioned:

Quote:

Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee

It's by Marcus Aurelius Antoninus. Get to it people!

Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 10:06 pm

Flidget Jerome
Unfettered

Joined: 26 Aug 2004
Posts: 308

Huh

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The quote on dante.htm is now "Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here".

I'm assuming that it was previously the one by Marcus Aurelius Antoninus?

Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 10:17 pm

Ursos
Decorated

Joined: 26 Apr 2005
Posts: 276
Location: Columbus, OH

Flidget Jerome wrote:

Huh

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The quote on dante.htm is now "Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here".

I'm assuming that it was previously the one by Marcus Aurelius Antoninus?

Yup, it changed. It was another major clue...

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That was the password to desteg the image, which reveals a hidden text file. thebiggig from the chat gets mad props for getting that one! That file is thus:

"Tie fhqbur kirtibq, hul Qwmsuinqwmhhxsn, dhnqurz o vsoe mnqm rssbinus, nqr tvsh xhjs jdm.

Bus dj Lvcvise'z gtzeo pelbplg dj Hfly, Hiefbdqut, tuh zbyr dj cbrelca mclp, wbs fxazvbth tp enuhu im p patcvywbbg lmtdh. Nv depqt jos tuh gryjxget suh ofrss, Iusyarahz qdqmbnqhr gooi le naxh ifl cu les bbgm. Gos lmtdh jdg pvbiinu wvwv gowh fasgnlb, nur hle mal zwgo hwi dfmbq.

Ialleicueq wc ovhw tastvhg, gos lmtdh ohqnts uylm wvwv powah, hpwryse, isreute vw knz vppf eezrb, gos rvebthus jhg qsro ia wvr iclilt os ksys, och aml gkog pghyee fera gos lmtdhrv kbtp les b bhqryl cu wtjcxv oak rxvt.

Uhr vca, dvdq Evrlqczbg cemfd Kdnyhsa, gawoewsq mcg e tjmr zwgo hwi lfgvrbf vt Wilm, bhw vvz kxgkfd qhzvnvi aat mnufrk pn xhf pbvgrzgxsn pf udzs vt p qostno gbbz, llidh ydbtbwhlee ia wvr mwgis. To Rxflucbys uoyg vvt, "Ud, qale n eoenoxr wjtu nwan Zjgigee, eig is eveqaehr svf ile qrvfs lvi lmlm pnb."

Gb Eoopafl xqsya ptjose gks yvfs sf bly gszvbh ene brjurk vxq, "Lvcvise, Scgh og Hroz, zf tpxhfr jkc vz dgmnde bi qnyfxsn, mavg kvav p aiucu dbq isvet ne. Fxfrsm lmtiohw hupg lveucuhr uhzu-wovl V pol zsgze zoh esgasg."

Pudishf yvczid eojq ca owb ene szlzrk. "Lpdlbey, poxl hwms caejovu kxxh ne nqr lvi hlaml udjr dvpx ypu qhgvys. Nsu brr d qeloiyrf os koycsh, rejtuhf qladr npr zrfghz. X aiml olbq fcj xo b pydqr vb ile faewv huhxp ypu zdyr fcjvsfls zvbss. Nsu xiyo anrs nsussrot jocai io tulg jhm: Esstefv hul pdhy bnq vchs o ben xhb kof istr cvt vq vnst, nit miihg jowai hjs bwvry vppf js qhggycnid."

Yamosns, kws sqeaw vvz hxqe uoepsaawck tie qdaalr, usr xhbos nsz lsuodf vcbu vtelfd, bqzl ac qi mbdr dunpb, pkrfeq kofawac; dflvjvglr ilau Lhfwslf hlovlq vsg owb wo fafb o ghgz. Ene sb Aomsotp wbs oriak hd xhf enuhu, hbs mnuo gks svfb sf b Tnoz Zhb, rpouhrg wa izpgk.

Ie jhbg avtr, at tuh Hnsz Ben, uo grfzlbi xhf mbuhnsg xr hjs fsvrys dj iofyxsajs, prd havq tby vxqsfls wvbzs giqvieharuhh xhbt Yxqvmsg mnttexqglr. Wswfvru, hul vppf-eezrb svich tiag, wvbbuw le dohor rhgxpy dhnua n toc aiuh ulg jpztw tp aptivlgri tp hvp, snjv immf hr wcel hwim jn udzs, avtc djeq dbq avtmr toho kruh is hfly.

Dbq zc ile Uayo Anu kprdfrf wvna gbelm scdqr, oclpiog nqr ehjtriog. Gks Yvfs sf Eezrbf oos koutrq hul ptxtfr bi vvt wchefd, srf av apr cbn oh fruh uvon hvv cgosg lamf nqr ypjt."

Another Vignere cipher, the key being "ABANDONHOPE" and it decodes to:

the second version, the chistianization, changes a good many elements, and goes this way.

"one of lucifer's seven princes of hell, eurynomus, the lord of carrion fowl, was summoned to earth by a lascivious witch. as price for the services she asked, eurynomus commanded that he make use of her body. the witch was content with this bargain, and she lay with the demon.

unexpected to both parties, the witch became full with child, however, because it was half demon, the creature was born in the bowels of hell, and all that issued from the witches womb was a bundle of sticks and dirt.

the son, whom eurynomus named xazlael, cavorted for a time with the legions of hell, but his wicked delight was marred by the possession of half of a mortal soul, which languished in the fires. so eurynomus told him, "go, make a bargain with king lucifer, but be prepared for the price you will pay."

so xazlael knelt before the lord of all demons and begged him, "lucifer, lord of hell, my father who is prince of carrion, laid with a witch and begat me. surely without this wretched half-soul i may serve you better."

lucifer looked down on him and smiled. "xazlael, make this bargain with me and you shall have what you desire. you are a creature of halves, neither demon nor mortal. i will bind you to a place on the earth until you make yourself whole. you will make yourself whole in this way: possess the body and soul a man who has been cut in half, yet lives while his other half is destroyed."

xazleal, who spent his time tormenting the damned, for whole all wounds soon healed, only to be made again, agreed hastily; delighted that lucifer should set him so easy a task. and so xazlael was bound to the earth, and into the form of a tall man, clothed in black.

he went then, as the tall man, to torment the mortals in his sphere of influence, and gain for himself those requirements that lucifer instructed. however, the half-demon found that, though he could easily charm a man with his wiles to acquiesce to him, each time he tore them in half, they died and their soul went to hell.

and so the tall man wanders that small space, howling and ravening. the lord of demons had gotten the better of him indeed, for no man can be rent from his other half and live"

Which is the second version of the Tall Man's origins. Cool!

Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 10:25 pm

Caterpillar
Unfictologist

Joined: 25 Sep 2002
Posts: 1887
Location: cem's otherbody

Gah....leave you guys alone for an evening and look what happens!

Great job!!!

Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 11:05 am

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